Rochester Red Wings lose 7th straight

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Toledo's Derek Hankins fired a three-hit shutout.

Mike Hessman hit his 10th home run of the season for the Mud Hens.

Kris Johnson gets the start in the final game of the eight-game road trip Monday.

Right-hander Derek Hankins pitched a complete-game three-hitter to lead the Toledo Mud Hens to a 7-0 win over the Rochester Red Wings on Sunday in an International League baseball game at Fifth Third Field in Toledo.

Hankins struck out four and didn't issue a walk against the Red Wings (16-19). It took him 113 pitches to complete the game.

The 6-foot-4, 195-pounder retired the first 14 hitters he faced. Rochester's Wilkin Ramirez broke up the no-hit bit with his single to left field in the top of the fifth. Hankins is 2-3 with a 5.22 earned-run average this season.

Hankins tossed 91/3 scoreless innings in two starts against the Red Wings last season.

Rochester has lost seven straight games. Toledo is 16-21.

The Mud Hens seized control of the game with five runs in the bottom of the first inning. Rochester's Pedro Florimon dropped a pop-up on the second batter of the inning. Five of the next six Toledo batters reached by hit or walk.

Hernan Perez started the spurt with a run-scoring double to left field. Jordan Lennerton, Tyler Collins and James McCann each added RBI singles, and Luis Exposito had a sacrifice fly. Only two of the five runs in the inning were earned.

Mike Hessman hit a solo home run to left field in the bottom of the third to extend Toledo's lead to 6-0. Hessman has 10 home runs this year and 399 career home runs in 18 minor league seasons.

McCann added an RBI double in the bottom of the eighth to cap the scoring for the Mud Hens.

Rochester has scored 13 runs during in the last seven game and is hitting .170 (40-for-223) as a team.

The Wings close out their eight-game road trip at 10:30 a.m. in Toledo. Lefty Kris Johnson will start. Rochester returns home on Tuesday to start a four-game series with Columbus.